Growing up fast

From time to time here in the world of blogging, we like to salute the young men and women we meet who handle athletically difficult times in their young lives with a certain amount of grace.
This time, we're going to sing the praises of Fort Lupton's Eric Frazier, who met a personally horrible time in his life with more grace than most grown-ups can summon at similar times.
Frazier's mother passed away in mid-April after a long fight with cancer.
He played his first game of the season the other day against Brighton. He got a base hit. He recorded a putout in the field, and he talked about his loss. The chance to read what he said will be in the Fort Lupton Press Wednesday.
What you won't read is how well he handled himself during that interview. Eric looked at the reporter the whole time. He spoke in strong voice and conducted himself in a manner that made me think there's no way this kid is in high school, that there's no way he suffered the biggest loss of his life at a very young age.
The result of the game -- even as daffy as that one was -- will fade with time.
But to watch a young man carry himself so well in this kind of a situation ... you don't forget things like that.